Winston Peters says Labour has previously accused him of xenophobia and racism on the issue, but now "they've finally cottoned on to what is going on."

Labour could learn a thing or two from the adaptable, influential, and canny businesswoman Taylor Swift, writes Claire Trevett.

The Labour Party claims John Key misled Parliament about his advice on removing a Kiwisaver subsidy.

Four Greenpeace protesters who scaled Parliament walls last month have made a brief appearance in court this morning.

Winston Peters puts an to the speculation that has been swirling around Parliament all week and confirms new deputy.

John Key, Bill English, Paula Bennett and Simon Bridges all know Len Brown is a lame duck mayor, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

Greenpeace activists who scaled Parliament's roof and holed up for 10 hours say they felt forced to take illegal action.

Police confirmed the Greenpeace protestors had been charged with trespass at Wellington central police station this evening.

A new tranche of members bills are set to go before Parliament including financial assistance for live organ donors.

The Ovine Militant Guild, an organisation with links to notorious cryptoanarchist Lambshank, has leaked the PM's personal Hotmail account to Toby Manhire.

Better sharing of information between state agencies may have prevented the death of a child in a poorly-maintained state house, says Social Development Minister Anne Tolley.

The only way of proving or disproving the Prime Minister's claim that the papers would embarrass Labour is, obviously, the release of unredacted versions.

There is an increasingly long catalogue of hiccups in Nick Smith's attempts to address Auckland's housing problems, writes Claire Trevett.

Is it going to take the words of a dying unionist to shame John Key into pushing through long-overdue health and safety reforms, wonders Fran O'Sullivan.

That the review into Labour's disastrous election defeat was leaked to the media is only the second most predictable thing about it, writes Phil Quin.

Labour has an oddly prudish approach to money, writes Claire Trevett. Its struggle to get any is partly down to pride - nobody likes to beg.

Trust and confidence in members of Parliament has increased, but in the public mind MPs are still second-to-bottom of the list.

Try as they might, Labour and NZ First failed to turn the Great Saudi Sheep Saga into the Great Saudi Sheep Scandal, writes John Roughan.

New Zealand's top spy Steve Braunias deciphers the scrawlings of Murray McCully's secret diary.

Languishing on 9% popularity with Winston Peters makes the Labour leader look as if he's dragging the chain, writes Mike Hosking.

Prime Minister goes in to bat for his cat Moonbeam after Conservation Minister Maggie Barry's call to limit the pets to one or two per household.

Phill Goff says there is nothing in the papers to embarrass Labour nor is there any reference to a "commercial solution" as Mr Key suggested.

Until this week there was relative harmony in the corridor where doors are now being closed at a $30,000 cost to taxpayers, writes Claire Trevett.

Phil Goff and Jim Anderton challenge John Key to release any documents he has suggesting the Labour-Progressive Government considered settling a grievance with a Saudi investor.

The Green Party will provide a pointer to the extent of its political ambition today when it chooses a co-leader to replace Russel Norman.

The demise of the Alliance should give the Green Party pause for thought, writes John Armstrong.

A year of big events has led to a $2 million blowout in the budgets for the Crown limo service and hosting VIPs.

A memorial to New Zealand’s 16 Victoria Cross recipients during World War I has been unveiled at Parliament.

Stubbornness - born from a childhood that included numerous stints in foster homes - will be a trait that the country's newest MP brings to Parliament.